Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream is of 1 hour(s) and 51 minute(s). It is Produced By: Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope. It was released on 1988-08-12. It has the tagline: The true story of Preston Tucker. It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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